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Not a Good Place for R.x..

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sr: A little
sus light the following possibly do good:
Allow days ago Robert Stephenson white boy. about
years Old Who sent down here BY some chArita-
table society OF New York city few year, ago
victed Of stealing small amount Of money from his
employer, and sent to the State pensntiary for two
years. Arrested without warrant tried like dog
driven twelve miles before man on horseback tried
without any counsel before Jury with four negroes on
1t whose prejudlces are we'll Known and by Common.
what chance did he heys' And what chance do any Of
these poor boys have when they have to In
mon Iaborers In place where able bodied men work
for twenty-five cents day and their board only costs =
who pu, he'd this mater 80 far was S1rthern man aud
IN ths eyesst OF Of the NEinans forced into tho
case by the law have helped several Of these boys
am New iorkerl and hope the society that has been
fore sending any friendless boys here II Is
no place for there 10 TOO much competno and
low priced labor here now. 8, g. BAKEn
BLACKSTONE Va, May 81.
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Some Views Concerning Booms.

Does Honest JOHN SHERMAN congratulate
himself because Brother BLAINE is going for
a time to be a pilgrim and stranger? Does
he think that competition In the boom Line
will be less fierce during the absence Of the
principal man In the business2 II he does,
there Is where Honest JOHN makes his mis-
take. Brother BLAINE Is aware, II the great
Pinkstonian statesman Is not that absence
makes the heart grow fonder. Mr.. SHERMAN
Is all abroad II he supposes that the Maine
historian and traveller will be less thought
on at home by going abroad. In few
months the little booms-the HAwLEYs and
HARRsoNs and ALLsoNs-wiu begin to be
quoted once more. Col SHERMAN will not be
allowed to have the business all to himself.
The other fellows will come In. All Of them
are willing to concede the first place to Mr..
BLAINE, but not to anybody else.
He will not be making enemies during his
absence. The rivalries among the lesser COM
petitors, the proven failure Of any Of them
to fill, in the language Of the poet, long-felt
want will inevitably have tendency to
concentrate the attention Of Republicans
upon Mr.. BLAINE. He can enjoy himself
abroad, and at the same time have the salts
faction OF knowing that his public impor-
lance at home Is not diminishing. He will
loom up large in the distance.
Will there be great demonstration when
he returns, and o loud demand from the
great mass of Republicans who believe In
Republicans, and are as weary as the Demo-
Gratis OF kotouing to the Mugwumps. that the
most popular of Republican leaders shall
lead once more? Well, perhaps the more
interesting question Is: Will he accept4
He doesn't care to be defeated again. He
wants success the next time; and doubtless
he would be eager to run again II Mr.. CLEyE-
LAND should be the Democratic candidate.
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The Zuius are at last subjects OF the Queen
OF Great Britain. According to BIZ HENRY
HOLLAND. they have been informed OF the fact
for when he was asked In the House OF Com
mons II steps had been taken to obtain the
consent of the Zulus, he replied that steps had
been taken by telling them what was going to
be done. The figure CETYwAYVs old empire
now outs on the map is enough to make that
unfortunate monarch turn in his grave. The
broad domain OF the new Boer republic
stretches through the central and finest part
Of Zululand almost to the sea, leaving the two
portions that remain to the natives Joined like
the siamese twins by ligature In the shape Of
a narrow coast strip. Now that Great Britain
has annexed 2ululand her historic drum beat
that circles the world may be said also to de-
scribe much smaller circle around the new
Boer republic.
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The Tendencies of Democracy.

Mr. FREDERICK j. STIMsoN, who IL better
known to the public as the author OF very
clever stories under the pen name Of ~. q.
of Dale" has been engaged for several years
ON a professional work which has involved
the careful study and comparison Of all the
statute books Of the United States. As these
statutes are the utterances Of the peoples
will, they give formal expression to their
varying and changing desires and purposes;
SO that Mr.. STIMsoN draws from them for
Scribner's Magazine certain very striking
conclusions as to " The Ethics Of Democracy"
10 finds that there are distinguishable
two great eras In what he calls the voicing
Of democracy In this country by law. In
the flrst, the people sought to protect them
selves from tho domestic tyranny and
foreign menace from which they had Just
escaped. They framed their State Consti-
tutons 80 as to assure In perpetuity freedom
and equality, the liberty Of speech. of the
press, and Of conscience. and they affirmed
and iterated the fundamental truth that all
political power is inherent In the people. In
nearly thirty States they also expressly In
cluded the right to acquire and possess prop
erty as one Of the inalienable rights Of man.
The principles OF rotation In Office, Of elective
Judges. OF the illegality OF exclusive char
tiers were also established.
The second stage Of this expression Of the
American democracy In law came with the
disposition to reform by enactment the indi-
vidual and society, to soften the money
troubles, to mitigate domestic unhappiness,
and to enact 0 popular weakness out OF exist
ence by statute"-to make men temperate In
drinkIno hv law Aa Mr. STIMaoN aaya the
question of the legal regulation Of the use OF
Intoxicating drink, Is only part Of the much
broader question "how far 1t Is wise
and possible to impose rules of con-
duct on mankind by law" Logically
there Is no more reason why " wo should tel
aoltiLen that he must not drink. than that
he should not smoke, or live In two houses
or own Q acht. or give his wife . necklAc'
@ iine elothsa. Intoxieation Lads TO crime
No 80 toldi but 90 DO astentatloa md e.
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The Mayors Cebinet Picks Out Lot That
n wouid Like vstoed.

Tho N,vnr,. Cnh,,.. picL. mad n Lot Thnt
- 1870 'e.hrs ~. w. "
~ w"nid Lake ssfeee'
mayor heWitt convened near,y al le
u9eue v, WV uopaattnen'e soesi
their opinions on bills Affecting the interests OF
,ne Guy OF New YORK now before Inc governor e.oa
,,nu.I.., ~ .,ss. -. -. go 80 nin,ona
gentlemen present was not always unanimous
=, 49, .;als... ~ -'~
OF the MAJORITY:
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shh Disapproved-Ths Electrical subway pih' inc phi
ch.ritas. nsitutons 10 rive b,cyo,s,s more privileges
In Central Park TO exempt from taxation tho real and
personal property of the German American School So
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We do not ascribe any probability to tho
suggestion of our esteemed contemporary. the
Rochester Union aud Adrertiser. that In GER
tain contingency Minister PHELPS may want
to swap places with some member OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission"
Mr.. CLEVELAND attempted to use the Inter
State Commerce Commission as sort Of drain
pipe for contaminated Administration when
hs tried to get rid Of the Pan Electric Attor-
ney- General BY Offering the latter place on 1t
In exchange for his Cabinet ONCE. He would
have made OF the Commission kind OF Botany
Bay, or Barren Island for dlsgraced officials Of
high standing. Mr. PHELPS is not likely to ask
to retire from his present place In the way that
was proposed to Mr.. GARLAND.
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The Ways Of Women.

Mrs. CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK argues
In the Epoch that domestic service Is the
best paid, most comfortable, and most fitting
employment for the run Of women workers.
That is a peculiar taste she says, which pre-
ferN the hardships Of tenement and boarding
house life, and of the daily tramp to and from
work to the comparative ease and luxury OF
q domestic servant In well-to-do household.
AL that is undoubtedly tguo, aad yet tho
great mass of American women, compelled
to work for living, have strong prejudice
against domestic service; and the peculiar
taste Of which Mrs. HKRRICK speaks Is very
general among them. Rather than be ser
wants under the rule of other women. to
whose sway however gentle. they must sub
missively bow they will endure privations at
home, accept smaller pay, and yield to the Sc
verer exactions Of the shop and factory. There
fore It happens that now, when the foreign
immigration Ia 30 enormous, the demand for
domestic servants at Castle Garden actually
exceeds the supply. Unless a great change
occurs in our social and Industrial conditions,
the vast majority Of the American born and
bred daughters, or, at least, grandSaughters
OF those immigrants 80 obtained VIII share
| the prevailing indispositlon Of white native
women to domestic service.
1t Is true that, according to the last census,
more than one out OF every three women
employed In New York was domestic SER
want. The figures are lS5.2ls engaged In all
classes of occupations. and 80, $50 as servants.
But nearly two-tbirds of these servants
were OF foreign birth. The census tables do
not separate the sexes In giving the nativity
of those In the different occupations
but we can approximate the facts
In this particular case, because Of
the whole number OF male and female sar-
wants, 6s,2Sb. only s.3l6 were males, Rnd
s6,O25 were Of forsisn birth, ~ against %. ~
natives. Ireland alone furnished more thai
were bom IN ths United gtAtAA @ 2Al0e. q
d 1850 - 49, s2ala - nlee Geo
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Two Roads-one Good, the Other Better.

Two ROads-One GOOD, the Other hetter.
According to the financial statement Of the
Cigarmakers' International Union, the re-
ceipts Of that organization for the year end
ing last December were $418,25 AS the
Union numbered 2.672 members, this would
make the Dues providing no portion OF the
money was kept at interest, nearly SIT for
each person. Cheap enough, 1t will be
thought, for an association maintained to
certain extent for benevolent as well as pro-
tective purposes.
But there are some other figures to be
added. Among the items Of expenditure re-
ported is one Of $50, 400 for the support OF
strikes. AS workman on strike only receives
about one-third, and sometimes less than
one-third Of his average daily wages, this
sum must be multiplied by something more
than three, and that would add about $175,-
600 to the total that has to come out OF the
pockets of the members. Dividing the COM
bined payments and losses equally, there
fore, 1t Is safe to say that during success
sion Of years they will amount to not less
than $25 per year for each contributor. Still,
the amount seems small. The Union has
had many hard battles to fight. and it has
been successful, 1t Is to be presumed, in Pro-
tectlng its members against encroachment.
It Is also, to certain extent cooperative in
It's purposes, the members being aided by
loans from the treasury when Idle and seek
ing employment. But arc the S25 Of each
member put to the best possible use2 Let us
see II the Union Is making the most Of its
| opportunities.
Add the $l75,OO loss to the S41s25s receipts
and the total will reach s59s,257. This would
make an insurance fund which would give
81 645 to the family OF each OF the three hun
dred and sixty members, approximately, who
will die each year. Or, II applied to the pur-
pose, 1t would pay the interest, at five per
cent, on Sll,s65,l 1866. q prodlRlous sum Of
money even when measured by the standards
OF accumulation In this age and country OF
large totals. But let US carry the calcula-
ton forward and see where 1t will end.
The minimum rate OF wages for q cigar
maker Ia estimated at about $l4 per week
Within fraction, this would mako his In
come sass per day. Now, suppose he shoult
make shift to live on 50 per day, and con
tribute the remaining SO cents to company
fund. Let the reader follow now, and fgur
this sum out for himself. At three hundre'
working days the total contribution Of tn
24679 members of the Union would reacf
$a442, 800 per annum. This would pay tn
interest, at 1--WE per cent, on $ts,S76,0Oo. Thu
sum, divided equally among the members
would make their shares nearly $4,000 each.
Considered mersly In relation TO insurance
this calculation should command itsAh 3
a. $500 - a. dlAaRashszsf HnkA-asa
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The Value OF tho Thistle.

When we consider the chances OF the
Thistle t0 beat all Cur yachts out Of tho
America'sN CUP. we must say that the proc
peet ia full Of satisfaction whichever way the
approaching. struggle IL decided. OF course,
II we can Ike ep the cup we shall be pleased |;
but we doubt very seriously II the hearts Of
yachtsmen ure and simple will not be
better pleased to sec the Thistle win what
she will soon CT pss the ocean for.
On both side, Of the line dividing the be-
LEVERS in eutteAy from those who prefer the
centreboard there is much to be said. Tho
centreboarci boat cen no into shoaler water.
and 1t has always he'd a broader beam and
consequently gre..ser comfort. But tho
deeper that men 20 into the science Of
yachts and their us, es the more they long
for the keel boa is great simplicity.
The latter type may be wetter than the
centrebcarder, and it heels oyer more; but
1t Enthusiastically defiAs rough and fawy
weather with greater reaklessness. and the
obiection.s able machinery OF the centrebosrd
does not E. xist with It. How ever, the long and
short of tn case a. Illustrated by the recent
International races, was that the centre
bosrder oou A beat the cutter, end that settled
the popular verdict in the formers favor.
The indica ted speed Of the Thistle, how
ever, PROMISE, to rob the centreboard OF even
that advanta9.l And, moreover. while the
three greet English cutters, the Genesta,
Galatea, and l'vex, are each about fifteen
feet broad, the btem Of the Thistle has been
swelled to twenty feet three inches.
or more than fys feet broader than
the old English chal npions apd within three
feet of the great NJ ayfower. And sttn she
bids fair to wrest The latters supremacy
away from her. With beam of twenty
feet and a depth Of fourteen feet. the proba-
bility Ia that the Thistle viii stand up
straighter when beating to windward than
the Mayfiower with breadth Of twenty
three feet and q draugh4 Of only nine feet
The Thistle should have nearly every adysn-
tage now possessed by bouts OF the American
type and still she has no oentreboard.
It wilL be generally Acknowledged. there
fore, thl.t II this new boat should beat our
present champion and the budding craft that
is still building for Gsn. PAINE, the standard
style Of .faehts will be much moro healthy
and solid than 1t is now.
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tionnl Union. But that ia not the only pnes-
ton TO consider. It would not be nccs Asary
that this yearly sum Of s24Aa00o shoulos lie
In the Treasury waiting for death 10 &c 1t
free. Tho members themselves could ave
the benefit OF their thrift during Lie, o md
still leave enough behind to awaken tehe
kindest recollections afber their flnal exit IT
u always very easy TO obtain money In a ny
amount when you con pay the interest aLAd
give security for the principal. With tte
company bonds that could DO hoated by
$9.442,a 800 per annum, the membors OF tho
Union could buy land and build homes thats
would relieve them forever fron the incubus
of rent. and 80 to their families unencum-
bered after their death. They would hoh
these homes, too, upon terms which would
permit them to take advantage Of increasing
values, often doubling on urban and suburban
property within very brief period.
Where there 10 q will there 10 always way.
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We print elsewhere tho decision rendered
by Judge BIrrEAHoUsE Of Colorado In . suit
which one MELDRuA brought against his d.
voreed wife for the reoonveyenes OF property
which he had given her while they were hus-
band and wife. 1t is worthy OF MIoHELrr. Not
often does the dry text Of judicial opinion In
q property case contain such profound aph"-
risnls on love and matrimonial responsinlllty'
or trace With greater clearness the successive
stages from pAaaioa 70 diasuss and desDAiE.
yudao MxzksnoUas b q slgona IN sfhie4l
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Cyprus Coded to Great Britain.

ENGLAND, which since 1873 has conCtt-
tionally occupied Cyprus, has now, accord
inn to report, acquired from the Porto full
sovereignty over the island. We are not yet
told, however. whether the cession Is IN in
dependent act or merely contingent on the
ratification of the treaty. mainly relating to
Egypt, which has lately been arranged by
Sir n. DRuMMoND WOLFF.
About the details Of this treaty We have no
official information. nor do we even know
whether the whole Of it, or only the clause
relating to the Suez Canal, is to be submitted
to the powers represented in the Berlin Con-
gress. II the sanction OF Russia and France
ia needed for the capital provision that Eng
land alone shull interpOse to redress dis
turbances of civil order tn the Nile
land, there is little probability TINT
the treaty will become binding. But
should the negotiations between Tur-
key and Great Britain for the solu-
ton Of tho Egyptian question come to
nothing, the former power, straitened as 1t
Is for revenue, would hardly give up. with
out the assurance OF an equivalent, the an
nual tribute of nearly 100000, which has
hitherto been paid by the occupier Of Cyprus.
ported transaction. When England acquired
the Levantine island she not only agreed to
pay the sum mentioned, but she guaranteed
the Asiatic dominions Of the Sultan. This
compact, although even Tory Government
might now hesitate to fulfil 1t, constitutes at
least moral obligation not to be lightly sur
rendered by power so weak as Turkey.
The utility Of Cyprus, considered as a de-
pot Of supplies and base Of operations, would
be indisputable II we could ascribe validity
to the WOLFF treaty, which, according to ru-
NOR, practically makes Egypt the property
of partnership Of which the Khedive would
I've the ostensible head and England the really
active member, while Turkey would draw
from 1t a large annual income. This income
even now Is one Of the Porte's resources,
but, were 1t virtually guaranteed by Great
Britain, 1t could be made the security
for a much larger issue Of bonds.
Az to the value Of Cyprus, this was
not demonstrated during the contest against
ARABr Pasha and the Mahdi, for the simple
reason that the GLADSTONE Government
had made no preparations to turn the island
to account, and was believed to contemplate
its abandonment. Had the fertile tracts
Of Cyprus been put under cultivation,
had certain harbors been. fortified and
arsenals been duly supplied with military
stores, much Of the time wasted In de-
spatching the WoLsELEY expedition up
ths Nile could have been saved. The
strategic importance OF Cyprus to power
that aims at predominance In the Le-
want has been proved by the history OF three
Thousand years. Ph9nicians, Egyptians, As
syrians, Greeks, Romans, tho crusading
Franks, the venetians, and the Turks have
successfully borne witness to it. If. here
after, when the Russian has superseded the
Turk in Asia Minor and the Egean, England
Is to play tho part Of Venice in Levantine
waters she cannot dispense with the Vene-
tian coiun NJ vanta1e
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4 BEAUTIFUL DOMESTIC PICTURE
The Presidents First Chance ut Courtins
From tie Troy Prea

The President's First Chance ut Courting.
From tie Troy Pres.
The President and his wife are not fools nor
children They do not expect to tread "primrose path
Of daance" through this vale Of tears They expect
meet trouble, when 1t shall come a. true man and >
true woman should; and they know that some time or
other 1t Is to come. They do not allow themselves
take gloomy view Of life They do their duties and
they seek their pleasure parts Of tho routine Of
wholesome reasonable life and doubt they consider
the quite ~ important ~ the other.
Now they out in "the forest primeval" to enjoy
Nature for few days II the President docs not care
court fair wisdom" he has at least the rst square
chance to court his wife, and study her exceences
man never knows what woman 10 until he takes her
into the woods and observes how she bears herself under
the annoyancss Of mosquitoes and the crawling things
that infest the forest;slades mouse appstreo
worm Is never test Of vomanly qualities. Those
animals too civilized 10 Aaow OF woman at her best
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Tho Kiel Canal.

Tho work of connecting the North Sen
with the Baltic by ship canal was begun
at KEEL on Friday last, While the pri-
mary purpose Of the German Govern
ment in undertaking this costly enter
prise Ia that of securing q protectsd route
for its own vessels, and particularly It's
ships Of war, from the Baltic to the estuary
of the Elbe, 30 as to be independent OF the
present passage by tho Kattegat and Skager
Rack, yet all nations must take an interest In
this short cut for Baltic voyages.
The canal. beginning at the Bay Of Kiel.
near Haltenau. south Of the strong military
works of Friedriohfort, Will cross the province
OF Holstejn by way Of Rendsburg. and strike
the Elhe near its mouth at Brnnsbfittel, or
between this point and st. Margarethen. Its
dimensions will be such az to allow the
passage OF the largest ironclad In the Ger
man navy. the Konig Wilhelm, OF $3.50 tons
displacement, having sixty feet beam and
between twenty-six and twenty-seven feet
draught. There are several other vessels In
the German navy Of equal beam, and as they
are to be able to pass each other In both d.
rections at all hours OF the tide. 1t Is evident
that the new waterway will be- commodious.
Lie pTOJtVI VI CuLtiUk tuAouSh oio Aoh'Th
peninsula has been under consideration for
many years but was evidently only ripe
for accomplishment when both ends Of the
proposed canal passed under the dominion
OF power possessing not only the means to
undertake 1t but the motive for doing 80.
The strategic advantages Of having route
entirely under its control. and quite inde-
pendent Of tho Belt, which Denmark could
block with her shore batteries and torpedoes
have furnished tho impelling motive for
Germany. In KEEL she has a harbor Of the
first Importance, with fine anchorage, while
both ends of her new canal will be protected
by powerful forts.
Whether the tolls expected from merchant
vessels will meet the interest on the cost OF
construction and maintenance must be for
the present a matter Of conjecture. Tho
largest revenue from this sort Is looked for
from vessels plying habitually between the
Baltic and the eastern ports Of England,
which are expected to find their interest in
taking the shorter and safer cut through the
new canal. Half a dozen years, it is believed.
will see its completion.
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